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Tranzacţii imobiliare într-un oraş de frontieră. Caransebeşul în secolele XVI-XVII
Real estate in a border town. Caransebeş between the 16th-17th centuries

Author(s): Livia Magina
Subject(s): Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Transylvania; Caransebeș; frontier; urban center; real estate

Summary/Abstract: Real estate transactions provide various information, especially when it comes to urban space. Through the information contained in 62 acts belonging to the urban authority of Caransebeş during 1515-1652, one can observe the trend of buying properties and their price development (price for houses and places of houses, meadows, mills, vineyards, fields, vacant land) within this urban center located on the outskirts of the Principality of Transylvania. Information on transactions reveal a possible urban geography and highlighting social group or urban nobility involved heavily in buying real estate in the city.

  • Issue Year: XXIII/2015
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 177-188
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian